Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2004-1230. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger (Messaging Software) (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Gadu-Gadu allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information and read files from the _cache directory of other users via a DCC connection and a CTCP packet that contains a 1 as the type and a 4 as the subtype.

The weakness was presented 01/10/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1230 since 12/14/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18461) and SecurityFocus (BID 11899†). See VDB-23412, VDB-23776, VDB-23775 and VDB-23774 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

12/13/2004 🔍
12/14/2004 +1 days 🔍
01/10/2005 +27 days 🔍
01/10/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3711 days 🔍
07/21/2017 +864 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1230 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1230
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23773
X-Force: 18461 - Gadu-Gadu dcc and ctcp obtain files
SecurityFocus: 11899 - Gadu-Gadu Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 07/21/2017 10:33
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (45), 07/21/2017 10:33 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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